RICHARD OLIVER SR.1935-2014

Published: July 6, 2014 8:00 AM

He was born Feb. 2, 1935, in Trail Run, son of the late Roy H. Oliver and Margaret E. (Bennett) Oliver.

Mr. Oliver retired after more than 25 years at the former March Electric, where he had once served as the union president. He was a staunch supporter of the trade unions, having served several terms as president of Local International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers, when employed at March Electric. He also served on the unions council.

He also worked at the former Cambridge State Hospital. He traveled the country with the infamous Harley Warrick painting Mail Pouch signs on the sides of barns.

He was a member of the Eagles Aerie 386, the Moose Lodge of Cambridge.

Mr. Oliver was a 1952 graduate of Byesville High School. He was Methodist by faith. He was an avid sportsman and hunter. He was a descendent of Seneca Princess.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by the two loves of his life - his first wife, Delores (Sigman) Oliver, on April 8, 1966; and his second wife, Julia M. (Hardy) Oliver, on June 2, 2006. Also deceased are two sons, Scott Oliver and Mark Johnson; an infant daughter, Connie Jo; two grandsons, Richard Hensley II and Rory Hensley; two sisters, Rebecca Evans and Edna Ruth Oliver; and a brother, Robert Oliver.